Meaning

9 senses
  1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

  2. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.

    (Internet)To flop; drop in popularity (of a musician/group)

  3. To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.

  4. (transitive)To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.

    Concrete below ground must be fully tanked to prevent water uptake.

    tanken

    store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it

  5. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

  6. (slang)To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

  7. (slang)To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.

    treat in a tank

  8. (Singapore, colloquial)To stand; to tolerate.

  9. (Singapore, colloquial)To willingly take on an undesirable task or burden.

Examples

282 sentences
  1. How much gas is left in the tank?

    Скільки ще в баці бензину? — deniko

  2. Tom works for a think tank.

    Том працює у мозковому центрі. — deniko

    deTom arbeitet bei einer Ideenschmiede. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. What is a think tank?

    Що таке «мозковий центр»? — deniko

    deWas ist eine Denkfabrik? — al_ex_an_der

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  4. I have a fish tank.

    Я маю акваріум. — deniko

    deIch hab' ein Aquarium. — pullnosemans

  5. The gas tank is almost empty.

    ruВ бензобаке почти пусто. — marafon

Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to put into a tank:

Origin

From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language, likely Guj

From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language, likely Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern”) or Marathi टांकी (ṭāṅkī).

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Forms

tanks, tanking, tanked, tanked
Base formtank · to tank
3rd person singulartanks
Present participletanking
Past simpletanked
Past participletanked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytank
he, she, ittanks

Past simpleLesson

all personstanked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tanked
he, she, ithas tanked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tank

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • tank of gas
  • in the tank
  • the gas tank
  • on one tank
  • one tank of
  • gas tank

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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